A barm cake is a soft, round, flattish bread item from

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, traditionally

leaven In cooking, a leavening agent () or raising agent, also called a leaven () or leavener, is any one of a number of substances used in doughs and batter (cooking), batters that cause a Effervescence, foaming action (gas bubbles) that lightens and ...

ed with

barm Barm, also called ale yeast, is the foam or scum formed on the top of a fermenting liquid, such as beer, wine, or feedstock for spirits or industrial ethanol distillation. It is used to leaven bread, or set up fermentation in a new batch of liqu ...

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is often the filling for a barm cake, at home or in Lancashire cafes or bakers. Chips are also a popular filling, sold in most fish and chip shops in the North West of

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and often called a chip barm. Another popular filling in the North West, particularly

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, is a pasty barm. In

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, a whole savoury pie is served in a barm cake, traditionally known locally as a “pie barm” or “slappy”. More recently it is known as a "Wigan kebab", including on the menu of the local football team

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Youtube: Making Bread From Barm At Genesee Country Village

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